On the way back from Litchfield on Wednesday, I saw a Black Bittern flush from the side of the road near the railway crossing, not far from the Stuart H'way. ...
Two black butcherbirds attacked the Juvenile Rufous owl for about 10 minutes this morning - they perched on the branches close by and circled, with an...
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Richard Noske
richard.noske@...
Mar 4, 2006 5:13 am
Yeah, young Brahminies certainly don't look much like adults, do they? We've had 2 around Nightcliff-Kukaluk lately, one mobbbed by an adult Brown Goshawk last...
Hi all I was at Charles Darwin NP with my birdwatching class this morning at high tide. A Chestnut Rail nonchalantly came to within a few metres of our group, ...
5 Red Capped Plovers on the aircraft parking area of the airport this morning. The area looked a little like a tidal flat with all the water on it too....
... Encephalitis found in Darwin poultry The Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services says the potentially fatal virus, Murray Valley...
There are a number of animals kept around the Top End as sentinel animals to monitor for exotic viruses. These include pigs, sheep and chickens. Blood samples...
Sun afternoon, in a cultivated field on Mulgara Rd (at end of Mala Plains Rd which runs off Cox Peninsula Rd near Berry Springs) we saw 40+ Lesser Golden...
Counted approx. 25 Little Curlews on a few occasions over the past few days. Also had a Rainbow Pitta fly across the walking track in front of me at Dripstone...
Hi everybody, Stuart Cooney and I saw a red-rumped sallow at the far end of the eanyer sewage works between c. 17:30 and 18:30 hrs this evening. It was flying...
several sightings of Partridge Pigeons in Litchfeild National Park over the last 10 days. matt ... From: A & S Keates To: NT Birds Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006...
Hi everybody, Richard Noske only just alerted me to the fact that an observation of a peafowl in Holmes jungle might be of interest to the members of this...
G'day all There were also 2 Guinea Fowl with the Peafowl at Holmes Jungle on March 8. I had seen the Peafowl there previously. Sheryl ... From: Golo Maurer ...
that channel-bill is back at the Jingili cemetery; heard it trumpet twice over a month ago and it was calling again this morning. Helen <')////==< SPONSORED...
Are we able to get rid of them (like sparrows and pigeons) before they breed up like mad as they have in the past in the Ostermann Street part of Coconut...
Messagespotted a snipe in Holmes Jungle again, matt ... From: Helen Larson To: ntbirds@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:52 PM Subject: [ntbirds]...
there are actually four guinea fowl, two pairs, and one male pea fowl in that jungle area matt ... From: A & S Keates To: NT Birds Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006...
G'day all Digger's Rest at Pine Creek is up for sale. Pat, has been running it since the death of her husband late last year, and cannot manage any more....
I have been fortunate to visit Fogg Dam early on the last two Saturdays and each time about four spoonbills stood in the middle of the dam wall resting where...
21 Bush Stone Curlews in a loose flock in a wooded area near the Airport resort. I didn't realise they gathered together in this way....
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Richard Noske
richard.noske@...
Mar 28, 2006 7:01 am
Have seen 11 here at the CDU Cas campus, standing around in broad daylight, but 21 seems a lot. Perhaps several families get together for annual meetings - bit...
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Richard Noske
richard.noske@...
Mar 28, 2006 7:05 am
Speaking of airport sightings (as opposed to sightings of airports), Ron Firth has been seeing Oriental Plovers there on his regular surveys. Do we usually get...
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stephen garnett
Stephen.Garnett@...
Mar 28, 2006 7:16 am
Seen flocks exceeding 50 on Atherton Tablelands - though most of these would have been blown away recently. Come to think of it, we are west of Atherton... ...
Hi everyone, I was able to visit the Top End last year and got a few shots. I have posted them on my website and if you are interested you can view them at ...
I saw 3 or 4 European Goldfinch feeding on Casuarina seeds near the Rapid Ck pedestrian bridge this morning. Sheryl...
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jestbergs@...
Mar 29, 2006 10:53 pm
When doing surveys in the East Alligator River Region large flocks were a common sight along the fringe Savannah / Pandanus on edge of flood plains in July /...
golden plover and little curlew on the rapid creek flat this morning matt ... From: A & S Keates To: NT Birds Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:53 PM Subject:...
Sorry - don't get a digest so "digest 877" means nothing. This is a plea to all to change the subject line when posting messages to feature the relevant birds...
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jestbergs@...
Apr 2, 2006 5:58 am
Quite right. Bush Stone Curlews RE Note 877 on birds at East Alligator, JE. ntbirds@yahoogrou ps.com To 31/03/06 18:40 ntbirds@yahoogroups.com cc ...
Thanks to Niven's excellent teaching last weekend we saw a male white breasted whistler this afternoon at around 17:00 in the mangroves between Nightcliff and...
